Garment pad for hosiery garters



June 23, 1953 M. MARCHESE 2,542,578

GARMENT PAD FOR HOSIERY GARTERS Filed Oct. 12. 1949 INVENTOR. MARY MARCHEI SE Mimi 5y Patented June 23, 1953 UNITED STAT ES PAT ENT OFFICE GARMENT PADF'OR HOSI'ERYGARTERS MaryMarchese, New York, Application octo'lien'lz, 1949; Serial No. 121L916- 1.Glaim=.z (01. 2-300) This invention relates to new and useful improvements" in hose supporters, and more particularly, the aim is to provide a-gart'er-pad for an improved grippinginstrumentality which is characterized by Various uniquefeatures.

One of such features is an assembly" of parts, desirably including typically'as heretofore a depending longitudinally elastically stretchablestructure having one or more downwardly ex tended tape elements (as is the case in connec--- tion with around-the-calf mensgarters, andal'so as is the case in connection with womens garters as suspended from corsets, girdles and like foundation or other body worn= garments), an openable hose-clasping'device suspended by said structure with said device consisting of the usual" fairly freely flexible support for a button-like projection and the usual bent wire member comprising a frame extended todefin'e therein a keyhole shaped opening: for engagement with said projection and" also with a hose inthe familiar way; and, at the-same time, an assembly-characterized by its combination with an improved means preferably inthe nature of areadily attachable and dependably held in place yet'readily detachable pad equivalent for preventing any part of the clamp from touching the wearers' skin.

Thus one feature of the invention,v that just summarized; is that, while the many'var-iou's advantagesof the invention are obtained as will below be made clear, standardparts may beemployedso far as'are concernedthe components of the clasp device and of the mounting and: suspending v structure for said device; 1

Another" object" is to provide a practicable arrangement of the. kind just indicated; wherein said pad or: equivalent is of such. construction;

that at. relatively trifling expense it can' be provided. to present a plush-like cushiony surface at its skin contacting. side.

A- further object is to provide an arrangement as above, in which said pad, preferably ofaconsiderably greater dimension in an up and down direction than across the same, always extends: adequately beyond the bounds not only of the.

clasp device but also of the lower. end otsaid:

longitudinally elastically stretchable structure,

thereby to act as ashield between the wearer's skin and all the working parts including. those.-

employed for interconnection of the clasp device with said. stretchable structure.

Still another object isto provide the said pad or equivalent, and with the same?- preferably wholly made of textile fabric, so fabricated as to permanently incorporate a laterally extending tunnel established by a strap element for acting in an improved way to permit asubstantially instantaneous interlock to be set up at said strap between the upper end of the clasp device and ence' will be'had to the :following description" and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claimin which-the various novel featuresof the invention are more particularly 'set' forth.

In'the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig; 1 isv afrontielevationalview showing, in. regard to onezof a pair of like hosesupportinginstrumentalities,.. and as a now approved embodiment of thesinvention, one of saidinstrumentalities, with the same-.inclusiveof a clasp device is aforesaid and. of a longitudinally elastically stretchablesuspending structure for'the clasp de- V108,.

Fig: 2ishows the: assembly of Fig; 1, in rear:ele-- vation.

Fig; 3-isa view'showing'thepad, detached; and iirfront elevation;

Fig; 4 is a similar view showing the saidsuspendingv structure and said clasp device, with; the

pad not yetattached.

Fig. 5.- is a: sideelevational view showing the parts oi Fig." 3,. as they may become disposed when the clasp device is-.opened.v

Fig. 6. is adetailsection,taken on the lineE-B ofFi'g. 5:. 1

Fig. 7; drawn. to anenlarged. scale, shows the pad; front elevationally, but partially broken away and hence'with the sides of the aforesaid strap indicated in dotiand dash; there also being here-shown in=full lines the portions'of' the clasp device: which have a special. interlock relation with the pad within the same. and just beyondjthe horizontally opposite limits of said strap and of saidztunnel.

Rig. 8 is a section. taken on the line 8--8-- of Fig; 3..

Referring; now to. the: drawings more in detail, and by reference numerals, the longitudinally plastic.structureillustrated is'designated l0, and

as herein. shown the same comprises a single lengthiofelastic tape H" laterally folded on itself to. provide: a. bottom loop l2. This structure is.

sh'own, of course, merely by way of example; but

it' is now a favored construction, especiallywhere the clasp device is of the standard type dea metal assembly consisting of I a Y sheet metal stamping" 15, a shackle-establishing bent wire member '16, and the aforesaid bent wire member ll shaped to present a frame 18 defining a key I f r of the wire member I6 become caught below the ---upper-of the-two sides of the strap 29,

hole shaped Opening l9. These parts, fabricable by production machinery familiar in the art of manufacture of such clasp devices, are interconnected in such manner that said stamping I5 is crimped rigidly to the end portions ofthe member I! and is curled about the end portions of I the member IS without tightness in order pivotally to mount the memberi l on the sub-structure l5|6 the said stamping having a slot-like aperture 23.

The said standard clasp device is completed by the assembly therewith of a fairly short length,

2| of tape or the like, endwisely slidably passing through the aperture 26 and also loosely passing through the opening presented by the member It. At one of its ends said tape 2! carries a rubber,

plastic or other addition 22, shaped to provide the aforesaid button-like projection, this designated 23, and the neck portion of which is generally shaped as shown in Fig. 6; and at its opposite end said tape-2| carries means, as'here shown often in the form of a rubber, plastic or other, bar-like addition 24, to hold said-tape against accidental disengagement from the remainder of the assembly by sliding movement through the aperture 20.

The clasp device just described is in the present case shown as coupled in the usual viay to U the tape of the main elastically stretchable suspending structure Iii, at the aforesaid loop 12.

Provided in connection with the clasp device it, there is a pad of two-ply construction, the front'ply of which is of vertically elongate oblongovate outline and in the form of a ,piece26 of a suitably stout woven fabric, and the rear ply of which is a similarly shaped piece 2'! of a' cushiony fabric, and, as indicated, a=plush-like one, with its plush or analogous pile at its outer side, that is, for contacting the skin of the wearer. These pieces 26 and Z'l are suitably permanently secured together, such securement-in the present case being shown as eifected by the use of an overlock stitching, capable of being produced on a standard industrial model overlock sewing. machine, such stitch running continuously .all around the pad, asindicated at 21.

The aforesaid tunnel carried by the pad 25 is shown at 28 in Fig. 8, thus lying below a strap element 29 integral with the'front ply'26 of the pad and resulting from cutting through such ply two parallel transverse slits 3!), 3i], desirably with the upper one a trifle shorter than the lower one,

and substantially vertically aligned with each other. The sides of said strap are shown as finished ofi by lines of standard buttonhole edging or finishing stitchings 3 l 3 I.

Referring particularly to Fig. 7, the vertically extending dotted lines 32, 32 in this view have been shown for the purpose of marking off definitely the horizontal oppositely located limits of said strap at the upper one of the two slits 30.

As will be noted in this view, very plainly, the a mum horizontal dimensional characteristic of the shackle-establishing bent wire member I6. Due

to thisv arrangement, and the relatively flexible .4 nature of the plies of the pad 25, the clasp device M, with its member I1 engaging the button 22, may be readily downwardly advanced with said buttonforemostinto, through and partially out of said tunneL'and then pulled down until the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 1. Then, however, the horizontally opposite end portions that is, below the upper slit 3!];

Nevertheless, if at any time later if it is desired wtQ dBtQBh the pad 25bodily from the clasp device Hi, as for washing said pad or for adding a substitut 'pad, the detachment may be easily and instantaneously effected? merely by a slight deliberate tilting of the general horizontal line of extension of said member It at its widest part;

after-which the clasp device is readily upwardly removable from engagement with the pad;

While I have illustrated and describedrthe preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to'be understood that I :do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described'my invention, what I claim as new, and'desireto secure by United States Letters Patentis:

A combined stockingsupporter and skinproa tection pad, said supporter being characterized by a clasp device and an, elastic tape of. a width corresponding to that ofgthe clasp and joined to the clasp device by a shackle member of a width greater than the widths of the clasp device and the tape and projected equally fromopposite sides of the clasp device and the tape, said pad comprising a first piece of cloth material extended vertically behind the clasp device and partially behind the tape, and a second piece of cloth material coextensive-with and located behind said firstpiece of cloth material and having its peripheral edges secured to the peripheral edges of said first piece ofcloth material, the remainder or the material of said pieces being spaced apart to form a pocket, said first piece of cl0th-ma-- terial having adjacent its top end a pair-of vertically spaced-horizontally extendedslits through .said slits being of a length slightly greater than the width of the tape and the clasp device but less than the width of the shackle memberr whereby, the material of said first piece of cloth material at the ends of said slits will engage the top and bottom edges of the shackle member where it projects beyond the side edges of the tape and the clasp :device for holding the pad against all vertical movement relative to the stocking supporter.

- MARY MARCHESE.

References Cited in the file of this patent V UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name 7 Date 248,899 Upham Nov. 1, 1881 1,631,694 Rick June '7, 1927 2,472,350 Taylor June 7, 1949 

